Re: Transformers Studio Series Discussion (New 2018 Movie Line)
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:10 pm
I’ve been using my quarantine time to make some upgrades to some of my Studio Series bots!
The first thing I worked on was a magazine for Ironhide’s one rifle from the DNA design upgrade kit, which was strangely absent. I took a spare plastic piece that once held the tires to some 1/160 scale APCs and cut it to the right size, sanded it, drilled a hole in the rifle to plug it into, and added a little bit of paint.
I think it turned out pretty well!
I also cut the vehicle mode headlight pieces off Sideswipe’s feet and glued them to the hood section. It does make the feet more movie-accurate, but I’m not sure if I’d recommend it yet. If you do try it I would be really careful.
Next I painted up the robot mode for WWII Bee. I added a bunch of gunmetal over the gray (and some of the green) parts, went over some of the green parts with a slightly different shade of olive drab (probably most visible on the shoulder pads), added gold and silver accents, then added dark gray model wash and silver dry brushing for weathering. I’m usually not into weathering Transformers, but I think it fits for WWII Bee.
And last, I found a small wooden post that was the exact size to replace the missing pin on my SS Soundwave. Thanks for the toothpick idea, Zelda!
The first thing I worked on was a magazine for Ironhide’s one rifle from the DNA design upgrade kit, which was strangely absent. I took a spare plastic piece that once held the tires to some 1/160 scale APCs and cut it to the right size, sanded it, drilled a hole in the rifle to plug it into, and added a little bit of paint.
I think it turned out pretty well!
I also cut the vehicle mode headlight pieces off Sideswipe’s feet and glued them to the hood section. It does make the feet more movie-accurate, but I’m not sure if I’d recommend it yet. If you do try it I would be really careful.
Next I painted up the robot mode for WWII Bee. I added a bunch of gunmetal over the gray (and some of the green) parts, went over some of the green parts with a slightly different shade of olive drab (probably most visible on the shoulder pads), added gold and silver accents, then added dark gray model wash and silver dry brushing for weathering. I’m usually not into weathering Transformers, but I think it fits for WWII Bee.
And last, I found a small wooden post that was the exact size to replace the missing pin on my SS Soundwave. Thanks for the toothpick idea, Zelda!